A new documentary, The Odyssey, will comb through a century of traditional Nigerian music to arrive at the present, say ...

For decades, the Grammy Awards has stood as the pinnacle of musical achievement, recognising excellence across genres and ...

Sunny Adé‘s stage show was characterized by top musicianship, highlighted by his guitar mastery, and dexterous dancing.’ Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye MFR (born 22 September 1946), known professionally as ...

King Sunny Ade is set to be honoured with a lifetime achievement award on Sunday, February 16, 2025 in Ibadan, Oyo state. In a statement issued by Ambassador Yemi Farounbi-led Nigerian music ...

From Nigerian jùjú to American R&B, Ibibio Sound Machine’s Eno Williams speaks to Alastair Shuttleworth about some of the music that shaped her life, ahead of a set at this year’s Green Man The ...

King Sunny Ade is set to be honoured with a lifetime achievement award on Sunday, February 16, 2025 in Ibadan, Oyo state. In a statement issued by Ambassador Yemi Farounbi-led planning committee ...

or King Sunny Ade, or particular ideas her ancestors represented. Black Is King’s assorted daydreams, designs, ethnicities, cosmologies, and polyglot nostrums (“Lost languages flow out of our ...

Passion drives everything I do.” Influenced by legendary artists like Fela Kuti, King Sunny Adé, and 2Face Idibia, Wenew sees music as a tool for storytelling and social impact. “These icons ...

“I listened to a lot of highlife, fuji. I listened to King Sunny Adé a lot, Ebenezer Obey, all these people. I had no choice, I just had to listen, because my dad played them every tim ...